waste management and pollution control

Synagro Technologies, a Baltimore-based waste management company, faces grass roots opposition to its application to spread industrial waste as fertilizer over farms in seven Virginia counties. As a result of the backlash, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has delayed signing off on Synagro's plans.

The state of affairs with regard to garbage collection and disposal in Harford County is one very much in need of organization, or we could find ourselves dealing with an unsavory situation.

Harford County public works officials say the cost of providing waste disposal and recycling services is projected to increase 24 percent during the next 10 years, and they are considering potential changes in how the current system operates, possibly to include a major shift in the arms-length relationship that has existed for decades with commercial waste hauling companies.

Baltimore County can and should do more to mitigate the negative effects of the Eastern Sanitary Landfill on neighbors, but it shouldn't cut their taxes.

Promising wind energy merits further study to determine if the pros outweigh the cons

The members of the Harford County Board of Estimates recently approved the Municipal Solid Waste Disposal Agreement between Baltimore and Harford counties

Baltimore and Harford counties have struck a deal on trash collection they say will benefit taxpayers in both places.

In approving legislation Tuesday that seals the plan to ship the bulk of the county's trash to Baltimore County for disposal, the Harford County Council also voted to remove a potential loophole that could have revived a controversial proposed transfer station in Joppa.

Nuclear is more reliable, efficient and green than solar and wind

Joppa area residents will not have to deal with the headache of having a waste transfer station practically in their backyards, thanks to an agreement between Baltimore and Harford counties to transport solid waste to a Baltimore County landfill.

A wind power project proposed on the lower Eastern Shore that's struggling to overcome objections from the Navy has a new, airborne worry — bald eagles.

The following is the complete text of Harford County Executive David Craig's 2013 State of the County Address delivered at the Harford County Council legislative session on Tuesday, Feb. 5:

Residents should remove all decorations before putting trees out

The latest tactic to prevent Harford County government from building and operating a trash transfer station on Route 7 in Joppa, on the property that was once home to a miniature golf operation, is to persuade the county executive and his administration to not include the site in a forthcoming update of the county's solid waste management plan.

Timonium bakery Michele's Granola, founded by Michele Thornett, now churns out 1,500 bags a day.

The Town of Bel Air has announced changes to its trash and recycling pickup schedules during the upcoming holiday weeks.

County offices will be closed and no refuse collections will be made in Prince George's, Howard and Anne Arundel counties on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 22.

Johns Hopkins pediatric dermatologist answers questions about newborn skin conditions such as diaper rash, cradle cap and erythema toxicum

None of this means private hauling operations and disposal facilities won't be a part of the solution to Harford County's looming garbage disposal problem; indeed Guthrie's proposal is one that might end up being part of the solution.

County officials said this week that as residents put out for collection large amounts of storm-related debris and spoiled foods from recent severe weather and power outages ...

When was the last time you saw an elected official make a decision based solely on what is best for his or her constituents? It isn't something one sees often, especially in today's political atmosphere where only party affiliation matters, not the issue at hand or how detrimental or beneficial the outcome may be to the public.

Darlington/Dublin community discusses transfer station at town hall meeting

WESTMINSTER — The Board of County Commissioners will host a forum this week on the county's solid waste disposal needs.

Two years in, Baltimore County's single-stream recycling program has proved largely successful for the county, with…

Constellation Energy Group and Exelon Corp. promised to build new power plants in Maryland and a new downtown Baltimore headquarters building, but critics of the merger insist the two companies must also double a rate credit for utility customers to $200.

Plans to develop wind energy on the Eastern Shore are arousing the concern of officials at Naval Air Station Patuxent River.

A major investment in Maryland-based renewable energy stands to be extracted from the proposed merger of Constellation and Exelon

Constellation Energy Group CEO Mayo A. Shattuck III defends the Baltimore company's plans to sell itself to Chicago-based Exelon Corp. before Maryland energy regulators.

Latest study finds Maryland has gone too far in promoting trash incinerators as a form of renewable energy

Howard County residents will soon add banana peels, egg shells and even old pizza boxes, in addition to bottles and cans, to their recycling through a new county collection program starting in September.

The Baltimore region's "clean" economy — green energy, pollution-reduction services and the like — accounts for nearly 23,000 jobs but is not growing as strongly as clean industries nationwide, according to a new report.

WTE plants should be part of any comprehensive strategy of solid waste management

Incinerator opponents overlook environmental benefits of turning waste into electricity

The U.S. must invest in green energy sources to remain a contender in the global marketplace

Baltimore has plenty of household hazardous waste but not enough ways to dispose of it.